The Lord’s Prayer (Mt. 6:9-13) is presented in the plural: we are never alone. Spiritual Warfare (Eph. 6:10-17) is presented in the plural: we are never alone. Resisting the devil (James 4:7) is presented in the plural: we are never alone. Resisting the devil (1 Peter 5:9) is presented in the plural: we are never alone. We were never designed to be alone. God's declaration way back in Genesis is not even good for us to be alone. The Church that Jesus bought and what Christ is building is a Church of connected individuals, not unconnected islands. Are you connected to His Flock, a functioning Body member and a living stone in His Temple? We all need to consider that as we look again at spiritual warfare and our duty to stand. We stand, but as we look into Ephesians 6, we do not do so alone. Did you notice that every reference to us as believers in Ephesians 6:10-17 is plural? We Do Not Face the Battle Alone The verbs and pronouns point to us together. We all face the same battles, but we all face them together. The Lord says through Paul that we are not to look at spiritual warfare as something we face alone. We can only win in a community with other believers. When we gather with believers, we are to talk about God’s Word, His promises, and His work in us. Why? Because of the combination of: Our Voices & Jesus’ Power We were designed to operate best inside a Christ-shaped community of believers. The description of spiritual warfare is a shared, personal battle. This is most pronounced as we look at the Shield of Faith. We must carry and use our own shield, but others around us can hold our arms. Just like Moses needed his arms held up by Aaron and Hur so that Joshua could lead Israel to win the battle (Exodus 17:8-16). So we need one another. How do other believers help us? (SWS-23) Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to access weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS featuring weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbma.com/Default.aspx Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages, go to: https://dtbm.org/ https://youtu.be/qKovcY0uW7E ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKovcY0uW7E

Jesus explained world events would be tied to Jerusalem in Matthew 24, where Jesus also saw a Jewish Temple rebuilt and part of the Tribulation events. So for this Temple to be built (that Paul, John, and Daniel also saw prophetically, with Christ), something must happen during the “times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24). That may be what we are seeing happening all around us in the world events touching upon the Nation of Israel. Are we Living for Heaven Today? As He taught on the End of Days, Jesus revealed that all of the magnificent buildings of Herod would become rubble. . . and that nothing on earth ever lasts; but Jesus came to His disciples with an offer of something they could become a part of that never ends. Open to Luke 21:36 with me to see Christ's application on prophecy, this is before we even look at our study tonight. “Watch therefore, and pray always…” (Luke 21:36) Pray is the word for beg, implore and beseech, it is an intense word! It was used after the chapter filled with prophecy and end times. Jesus was asking us: What are you intensely asking (begging) God to be doing through your life that will last forever? That is what should most be on our hearts as we study a prophecy. Not whether our view is perfect and every detail is what will happen, it is whether we are living for what really matters! One of our challenges as students of the Bible is to study & search the Scriptures, seek to come to Biblical conclusions, and then wait. We are called to do what the Lord left us to do, and not to spend all of our time speculating about what every possible news event has to do with the prophecies. God is watching over His Word, He will perform it, and we are to be found faithfully doing what He left us to do! Turn with me to Psalm 83. Tonight we start with the Confederacy of Hate, a group of nations that seek Israel, but that never existed contemporaneously, ever in history. Yet God's Word says they together seek to destroy Israel and end up like whirling dust. The Confederacy of Hate (EBI-11; 130908PM) Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbma.com/Default.aspx Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages go to: https://dtbm.org/ https://youtu.be/vQmtpRY0u9Q ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQmtpRY0u9Q

Christ's Unrelenting Lesson: Riches are a Handicap As always, Jesus had an intentional teaching moment planned. The Lord Jesus was training Peter as the rest of the Twelve, and this lesson was vital. What did Jesus want them to know? Riches are a handicap to eternal life, not an aid. Jesus was unrelenting in His position: it is impossible for anyone trusting in riches to get into Heaven. Period. Listen to what He said in v. 23-27: Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 26 And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?” 27 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”(NKJV) Peter and the rest of the disciples were astonished, greatly astonished. Money seemed to be the best thing to have, it made life easier, and that is so true from an earthly standpoint. More money, more power. More money, more freedom. More money, more security. But Jesus added something they had never thought of. Money makes earthly life easier, but money can also make eternal life impossible. Jesus was pointing out before their very eyes that material possessions tend to rivet the owner’s attention upon earthly matters, to the exclusion of heavenly. Wealth can enslave us without us even realizing what is happening. So Jesus said: Beware. Riches are a Handicap. Peter had already heard Jesus explain the dangers that money, possessions, and pursuits posed to even listening to the Word that brings salvation. We can be captured and controlled by our recreations, comforts, and possessions. Look back at Mark 4:19: Jesus warned: “and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful” (NKJV). The rich young ruler of Mark 10 illustrates the most deadly byproduct of wealth: it hardens the soul against the requirement Jesus gave of simply clinging to Him for salvation. When our hands are full of earth’s treasures it is hard to really come to the point of trusting Christ alone and saying with the hymn Rock of Ages: Nothing in my hand I bring Simply to the cross, I cling. Now, join me as we go back to 2 Peter 3:14-17. Materialism Blinds Our Eyes to Christ With Earthly Treasures (ROK-05b) Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbmonline.org/all-video-courses/ Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages go to: https://dtbm.org/ https://youtu.be/o_fC5BV1r9w ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fC5BV1r9w

THE PALE HORSE OF THE APOCALYPSE means that two-thirds of the world's resources 'used up'. The sound of the pale horse’s hoofbeats is getting louder. The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries - some of them are world leaders in their fields, concludes that the human race has used up two-thirds of the world's resources, most of it in just the last sixty years. Robert Watson, the British-born chief scientist at the World Bank and a former scientific adviser to the White House, claims that mankind is using up all of our natural resources. He produced a six-point indictment against the human race and declares that it will lead to the extinction of all life on earth. 1. LAND OVER-CONSUMPTION: Because of human demand for food, freshwater, timber, fiber and fuel, more land has been claimed for agriculture in the last 60 years than in the 18th and 19th centuries combined. An estimated 24% of the Earth's land surface is now cultivated. 2. WATER OVER-CONSUMPTION: Water withdrawals from lakes and rivers have doubled in the last 40 years. Humans now use between 40% and 50% of all available freshwater running off the land. 3. OCEAN OVER-CONSUMPTION: Since 1980, about 35% of mangroves have been lost, 20% of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed and another 20% badly degraded. 4. FOREST OVER-CONSUMPTION: Deforestation and other changes could increase the risks of malaria and cholera, and open the way for new and so far unknown disease to emerge. 5. RIVER OVER-CONSUMPTION: Flow from rivers has been reduced dramatically. For parts of the year, the Yellow River in China, the Nile in Africa and the Colorado in North America dry up before they reach the ocean. 6. FISH OVER-CONSUMPTION: At least a quarter of all fish stocks are overharvested. In some areas, the catch is now less than a hundredth of that before industrial fishing. An estimated 90% of the total weight of the ocean's large predators - tuna, swordfish and sharks - has disappeared in recent years. The study contains what its authors call "a stark warning" for the entire world. The wetlands, forests, savannahs, estuaries, coastal fisheries and other habitats that recycle air, water, and nutrients for all living creatures are being irretrievably damaged. In effect, one species is now a hazard to the other 10 million or so on the planet, and to itself. The study concludes by saying that we have plundered the ocean's bounty, we have destroyed the seabed’s riches, we are running out of sources for food, we are running out of freshwater, and because of all this misuse of nature, we are plunging towards the threat of killer plagues and epidemics. Most sobering of all is the timing of all of this overconsumption. This study concludes all this damage took place -- not gradually over six thousand years of human existence -- but within a single generation! That conclusion reminds me of what Jesus said about the end of days for the planet earth. "So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." (Mark 13:29-30) (WNS-23; 050515AM) Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Clips are taken at just one of the places where we are taking our virtual journey through all the Lands of the Bible & Great Museums of the Bible on the Paul's Life & Letters Course. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND, Paul's Life & Letters Course STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbma.com/Default.aspx Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://dtbm.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages go to: https://dtbm.org/ https://youtu.be/xmV5siwkTx0 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmV5siwkTx0